Complete Definition of "lisse"

English
Etymology
Old English lissian|līssian.

Verb
lisse

  1. obsolete To relieve, mitigate, assuage (pain etc.).

#*Late C14: And on his wey forthward thanne is he fare / In hope for to been lissed of his care. — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales

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